kehrol

ah, leave the big questions to the new CEO. very smart

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as someone who grew up elsewhere and moved to the US for college, i wholeheartedly agree with your observation. In fact, I found the whole 'heyyyy!' 'heyyyyyyy how are we you!!!' and following slightly forced conversation got really tiring quickly.

never thought I'd see Tenafly mentioned on a reddit front page post

Is there any way the ship could have been saved from the moment it hit the iceberg? something they could have done, maybe?

ah yes, the good ol' 面子 issue. happens in Chinese cultures in most places, sadly. also what seems to contribute to the stereotype of overdemanding Asian parents, needing their children to study such-and-such because of 面子.